have spent some time now trying to get PIL to work in Zope. When I call it in python it works fine and I seem to be able to use all functions without trouble. But from Zope I get all sorts of errors. I am trying to resize an image to a thumbnail. I started by writing my own code and after no success I finally found the code on this page http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/ZB/ScriptingZope.html it looked almost identical to mine, but I tried it to be sure and I still get the same errors. What I have noticed is this: If I use the code exactly as is, I get the following error: Error Type: TypeError Error Value: expected string, ImplicitAcquirerWrapper found <!-- Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/OFS/DTMLDocument.py, line 189, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 538, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 334, in eval (Object: thumbnail('Iceberg.jpg',size=160)) (Info: thumbnail) File <string>, line 0, in ? File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/ExternalMe thod.py, line 269, in __call__ (Object: thumbnail) (Info: (('Iceberg.jpg',), {'size': 160}, (128,))) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/Extensions/ImageFunctions.py, line 19, in makeThumbnail (Object: Traversable) TypeError: (see above) --> If I change the 'cStringIO' over to 'StringIO' I get the following error: Error Type: IOError Error Value: image file is truncated, 7 bytes left in buffer <!-- Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 223, in publish_module File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/OFS/DTMLDocument.py, line 189, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 538, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 334, in eval (Object: thumbnail('Iceberg.jpg',size=160)) (Info: thumbnail) File <string>, line 0, in ? File /usr/local/Zope/Zope-2.3.0-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/ExternalMe thod.py, line 269, in __call__ (Object: thumbnail) (Info: (('Iceberg.jpg',), {'size': 160}, (128,))) File /usr/local/Zope/2-3-0/Extensions/ImageFunctions.py, line 21, in makeThumbnail (Object: Traversable) File /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/PIL/Image.py, line 427, in convert File /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/PIL/ImageFile.py, line 152, in load IOError: (see above) --> With more testing I have found that the error occures on the line: image=image.convert('RGB') I can open the image, I can also query its size and format, but the moment I try to manipulate the image these errors occur. Any hints would be appreciated. Zope 2.3.3 on Python1.5.2 on FreeBSD 4.0 Tom